A reader recently asked me what I missed “from back home that seemed like – maybe – a weird thing to miss for someone else.” I thought about this question, since, to say it is “weird” would assume that other things were not weird, that other things were normal or understandable. I got that. Surely when we move abroad we expect […]
Differences
To Stay or Not to Stay: That is the Question
I wrote a piece for another website about a month ago that really struck a chord with some people. Many of the comments were ones of disagreement and some resorted to name calling where basically (or pretty straightforwardly – I don’t remember which) I was called a dummy. The funny thing was that it wasn’t […]
How Dating My Husband Helped Me Live Abroad
All relationships, including the relationships we have with where we live, have things we cannot accept. We call these things deal breakers. When Husband and I were considering moving abroad, I mentally scribbled down a deal breaker list: if it doesn’t have this I’m not considering it. If it doesn’t have that I’m not going… and […]